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One thing I don't understand about these lamps, does the narrowband UVB radiation from these lamps create skin damage like normal sun radiation? To rephrase wo
by DoingIsLearning 6y ago
One thing I don't understand about these lamps, does the narrowband UVB radiation from these lamps create skin damage like normal sun radiation?
To rephrase would overdosing something like this actually create skin burning/tanning similar to tanning beds?
- rapsey 6y agoNo tanning or burning. You are also done in a min or two so no time for one either.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoOk thanks, one more question, for the curious.. whenever I've seen people use these lamps, they are pointing them to their face (maybe because of winter mood/blues etc.). Would these lamps be more effective if they pointed the lamps towards exposed arms/legs (greater surface area)?
- rapsey 6y agoI point it at my torso, wear glasses (they came with the device) and have closed eyes for the duration. I have no idea why anyone would point it at their face.
- nmfisher 6y agoCan you explain how that works? As I understand it, UVB is responsible for both vitamin D synthesis and skin damage. So how is it then possible that 1 minute of sun-lamp radiation is equivalent to 15 minutes of natural/sun radiation in terms of vitamin D, but not in terms of skin damage?
- rapsey 6y agoI was talking about tanning and burning. That is UVA. Vitamin D lamps limit the light to a single wavelength at least mine does. As for damage, the wavelengths that are suppose to cause the most damage are different to the wavelength that it uses for vitamin d.